🇪🇸Spanish Source WordCode: ES

Adelante

Pronunciation / Transliteration: aðeˈlante

🇬🇧 Direct English Meaning:
Forward/ˈfɔːrwərd/
adverbadjectiveverbnounCEFR A2 (Elementary)Top #450 frequency
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🇪🇸 Example Sentence in Spanish:

"Debemos avanzar adelante."

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2 senses
As adverb
  1. 1

    In the direction that one is facing or traveling; toward the front.

    "She stepped forward to speak to the audience."
As adjective
  1. 1

    Situated ahead in space or time.

    "The forward section of the plane is more spacious."

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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology

Derived from Old English 'forweard', combining 'for' (forth, before) and '-weard' (towards, in the direction of). Over centuries, it evolved from representing physical motion ahead into a versatile directional and temporal indicator across Germanic language branches.

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